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Mikkel Meyer Andersen commented on MATH-790: -------------------------------------------- I agree - I just wanted to have it in writing :-). Thanks for this. > Mann-Whitney U Test Suffers From Integer Overflow With Large Data Sets > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: MATH-790 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MATH-790 > Project: Commons Math > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 3.0, Nightly Builds > Environment: Ubuntu Linux x64, Sun Java 6 > Reporter: James Pickering > Assignee: Mikkel Meyer Andersen > Priority: Minor > Labels: newbie, patch > Fix For: 3.1 > > Attachments: MannWhitnetUOVerflowPatch.diff > > Original Estimate: 1h > Remaining Estimate: 1h > > When performing a Mann-Whitney U Test on large data sets (the attached test > uses two 1500 element sets), intermediate integer values used in > calculateAsymptoticPValue can overflow, leading to invalid results, such as > p-values of NaN, or incorrect calculations. > Attached is a patch, including a test, and a fix, which modifies the affected > code to use doubles -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira